Lectures for School Children 



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November 8 



"F. D. N. Y." — The City's Fire Department 

 Mr. Smyth 



845 



November 15 



The Growth of New York City 

 Mr. Miner 



816 



November 22 



Food Conservation in a Great City 

 Dr. Hull 



337 



December 6 



The Song of Hiawatha 

 Miss Thomas 



527 



December 13 



Colonial and Revolutionary Days 



in New England 



Miss Thomas 



618 



January 3, 1918 



The Middle and Southern Colonies 

 Miss Thomas 



96 



January 10 



The Historic Hudson 

 Miss Thomas 



152 



January 17 



The Panama Canal 

 Dr. Fisher 



143 



January 24 



Our Newest Possessions — The American 





Virgin Islands 



Mr. Miner 



(Canceled on account of coal shortage) 



series of four lectures on 

 The Evolution of Clothing 



(In cooperation with The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 



November 20 The Textile Industries of the United States 



Dr. Fisher 



December 4 Garment Makers of Primitive Times 



Miss Thomas 



December 11 Historic Fabrics and Costume (I) 



At The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

 Mrs. Vaughan 



December 18 Historic Costume (II) 



At The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

 Mrs. Vaughan 



536 

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Despite the severe cold, the coal shortage, and the resulting 

 low attendance and necessary omission of several lectures, the total 

 number present at the autumn series was 14,061. A similar course of 

 24 lectures, given in the spring (1917), brought 16,818 teachers and 

 pupils to the Museum. The total attendance (50 lectures) for the 

 year was 30,879. 



